--- - name: Check Ansible version hosts: localhost gather_facts: false become: no vars: minimal_ansible_version: 2.15.5 # 2.15 versions before 2.15.5 are known to be buggy for kubespray maximal_ansible_version: 2.17.0 ansible_connection: local tags: always tasks: - name: "Check {{ minimal_ansible_version }} <= Ansible version < {{ maximal_ansible_version }}" assert: msg: "Ansible must be between {{ minimal_ansible_version }} and {{ maximal_ansible_version }} exclusive - you have {{ ansible_version.string }}" that: - ansible_version.string is version(minimal_ansible_version, ">=") - ansible_version.string is version(maximal_ansible_version, "<") tags: - check - name: "Check that python netaddr is installed" assert: msg: "Python netaddr is not present" that: "'127.0.0.1' | ansible.utils.ipaddr" tags: - check # CentOS 7 provides too old jinja version - name: "Check that jinja is not too old (install via pip)" assert: msg: "Your Jinja version is too old, install via pip" that: "{% set test %}It works{% endset %}{{ test == 'It works' }}" tags: - check